Iranian Azerbaijanis

This article is about Iranian Azerbaijanis. For Azerbaijanis in general, see Azerbaijani people.

Iranian Azerbaijanis
ایران آذربایجانلیلاری
Iranian Azerbaijani folk singers from Tabriz celebrating Nowruz
Regions with significant populations
 Iran12-23 million[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
6–6.5 million
(Arakelova)[8]
16[9][10]–24%[11][12] of Iran's population
 Azerbaijan248,000[13]
 Canada50,000 – 60,000[14]
Languages
Azerbaijani and Persian
Religion
predominantly Shi'a Islam
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Iranian Azerbaijanis (Persian: آذربایجانی‌های ایران; Azerbaijani: ایران آذربایجانلیلاری [iˈɾɑːn ɑːzæɾbɑjˈdʒɑnlɯlɑɾɯ])[a] are Iranians of Azerbaijani ethnicity. Most Iranian Azerbaijanis are bilingual in Azerbaijani and Persian. They are mainly of Iranian descent.[8][20] They are primarily found in and are native to the Iranian Azerbaijan region including provinces of (East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan, West Azerbaijan)[21][22][23] and in smaller numbers, in other provinces such as Kurdistan, Qazvin, Hamadan, Gilan, Markazi and Kermanshah.[24] Iranian Azerbaijanis also constitute a significant minority in Tehran, Karaj and other regions.[25][26][27]

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  5. ^ Bani-Shoraka, Helena (1 July 2009). "Cross-generational bilingual strategies among Azerbaijanis in Tehran". International Journal of the Sociology of Language (198): 106. doi:10.1515/IJSL.2009.029. ISSN 1613-3668. S2CID 144993160. The latest figures estimate the Azerbaijani population at 24% of Iran's 70 million inhabitants (NVI 2003/2004: 301). This means that there are between 15 and 20 million Azerbaijanis in Iran.
  6. ^ Moaddel, Mansoor; Karabenick, Stuart A. (4 June 2013). Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East: A Cross-National, Inter-Faith, and Inter-Ethnic Analysis. Brill. p. 101. The Azeris have a mixed heritage of Iranic, Caucasian, and Turkic elements(...) Between 16 to 23 million Azeris live in Iran.
  7. ^ Eschment, Beate; von Löwis, Sabine, eds. (18 August 2022). Post-Soviet Borders: A Kaleidoscope of Shifting Lives and Lands. Taylor & Francis. p. 31. Irrespective of the large Azerbaijani population in Iran (about 20 million, compared to 7 million in Azerbaijan)(...)
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  12. ^ Gheissari, Ali (2 April 2009). Contemporary Iran: Economy, Society, Politics. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-19-988860-3. As of 2003, the ethnic classifications are estimated as: [...] Azeri (24 percent)
  13. ^ "Immigrant Languages of Azerbaijan". Ethnologue. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  14. ^ Reza Moridi. "Azerbaijani diaspora in Canada". news.az. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02.
  15. ^ MacCagg, William O.; Silver, Brian D. (10 May 1979). Soviet Asian ethnic frontiers. Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080246376. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2015 – via Google Books.
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  18. ^ "Richard Nelson Frye, "Persia", Allen & Unwin, 1968. pp 17: "in World War II, contact with brethren in Soviet Azerbaijan likewise were not overly cordial since the Persian Azeris are committed to Iranian culture and consider their destiny to be with the Persians rather than with other Turks"
  19. ^ Tadeusz Swietochowski, "Russian Azerbaijan, 1905–1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community", Cambridge University Press, 2004. pg 192: [2] Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Excerpt "...identity with the Persian Azerbaijanis"
  20. ^ Frye, R. N. "IRAN v. PEOPLES OF IRAN (1) A General Survey". Encyclopædia Iranica. XIII. pp. 321–326.
  21. ^ "Iran – Turkic-speaking Groups". countrystudies.us. Archived from the original on 2011-08-19.
  22. ^ Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine Volume 4 of Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World, James Minahan, ISBN 0-313-31617-1, ISBN 978-0-313-31617-3, Author James Minahan, Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-32384-4, ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3, Length 2241 pages
  23. ^ "CIAO". www.ciaonet.org. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01.
  24. ^ Michael Knüppel, E. "Turkic Languages of Persia". Encyclopædia Iranica. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  25. ^ Library of Congress, "Country Studies"- Iran: Azarbaijanis "Iran – Azarbaijanis". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-03-30. accessed March 2011.
  26. ^ "Chapter 2 – The Society and Its Environment: People and Languages: Turkic-speaking Groups: Azarbaijanis" in A Country Study: Iran Library of Congress Country Studies, Table of Contents Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed 19 November 2008
  27. ^ The Turkish Language in Iran Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine By Ahmed Kasravi, latimeria: Prof. Dr. Evan Siegal, Journal of Azerbaijani Studies, 1998, Vol. 1, No 2, [6], Khazar University Press, ISSN 1027-3875


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